This handbook is designed to give present and potential advisors the background information and organizational procedures necessary for establishing and implementing chapters of the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA) in New Mexico. The handbook is organized into three sections. Section 1, the Introduction, explains AIASA's…

Designed to serve as a foundation for competency-based marketing and distributive education curriculum development, this package consists of task lists, performance objectives, and performance guides for use in planning an introductory level retailing course. Job descriptions are given for receiving clerks, stock clerks, and salespersons/sales…

Intended for use in conjunction with an accompanying student workbook and visuals, this handbook is designed to assist school administrators and teachers in organizing and instructing an English for driving course to help non-native speakers of English, particularly refugees, in comprehending driver training classes and in being better drivers.…

The paper provides guidelines to help secondary school social studies classroom teachers develop and implement a unit on the Manding ethnic group in Africa. The objective is to illustrate how the cultural approach to Manding and to area studies in general can help students understand economic and social structures in other nations. Manding is the…

This handbook is designed to help state and local vocational education evaluators and persons using evaluation results by presenting strategies and procedures for improved use of vocational education evaluation results. It is divided into five sections, followed by a glossary and annotated bibliographies. Chapter 1 contains an overview of the…

Ways that data can be misused in establishing accountability of public higher education are described along with approaches to help alleviate the potential adversary relationships between postsecondary leaders and state agency personnel. It is suggested that scholars fear a future in which educational decisions may be made according to numbers or…

This program guide outlines procedures for establishing a career center in the secondary schools. It consists of an introduction and four major sections. The purpose and basic philosophy underlying the career center is outlined in the introduction. Following brief descriptions of 30 typical career center activities, the following aspects of center…

Designed for use by those who intend to improve the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)-adult education linkage through staff development activities, this guide includes a description of CETA purposes, adult education programs, educational linkages, staff development considerations, and support material. The CETA-adult education…

This course guide for an electrical/electronic technology course is one of four developed for the energy/power area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--graphic communications and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a…

This course guide for a design/drafting course is one of four developed for the graphic communications area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--energy/power and production.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…

This guide presents an overview of marketing and its potential value in continuing education programs for nurses. The first portion of the guide briefly discusses the concept of marketing. It contains definitions of key marketing concepts (product, place, price, and promotion), discussion of the basic tenets of marketing (consumer needs…

Designed as a how-to guide in initiating, developing, and operating an adult basic education program in industry, referred to as Cooperative Adult Basic Education (CABE), this handbook is based on experience gained during the development of the in-plant adult basic education program at Planters, the Planter's Employee Training Program (PET). The…

Three program models, developed for use by agencies and groups wishing to create or expand social services for youth and families experiencing separation, divorce or remarriage, are described in this manual. The three models are a Family Counseling Model, an Education Model, and a Self-Help Model. The manual contains a discussion of the issues to…

This document was designed to serve as a guide for coordinators and administrators of cooperative vocational education programs in the Hawaii community colleges. An introductory chapter outlines the purpose, definition, methods of instruction, and criteria for cooperative vocational education as well as advantages of such programs to students, the…

This study of occupational education in New York State school districts provides background information pertinent to the financing of occupational education. It concerns vocational programs for grades 9 through 12 in terms of education which prepares people for employment in occupations requiring less than the baccalaureate degree. The study…